The late Dan Wheldon's conversation with Lauren Bohlander

A candid interview with #10 Target Chip Ganassi driver Dan Wheldon, made last spring.

The charming and well-liked driver, newly married, died last weekend at the IndyCar championships in Las Vegas in a fiery 15-car collision.

Yesterday, USA Today reported the reaction to Jimmie Johnson's pleas to stop IndyCar oval racing.

A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti condemned five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and others for calling on IndyCar stop racing on ovals because it was too easy for cars to get airborne.

     "I don't think Jimmie Johnson knows what he's talking about," said Foyt, a four-time Indianapolis 500 winner whose name adorns the trophy given to IndyCar's best oval driver. "He's never drove one, and he's pretty stupid to make a statement like that. You could say the same about stock cars. I've driven both, and I've been hurt real bad in both."